Ruthven Consolidated School - Rams Horn Yearbook (Ruthven, IA)

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Sunde Mr Jake Hoekstra Mrs Mxldred Largey Mrs Nora Trxpp Mrs Evah Skaar Mxss Frances Wyman and Mxss Esther Schrarn George Nolon moved to Des Momes after school was out In our Semor year Ann Foster and Jerry Pzckett joxned our group Our teachers thzs year were Mr Loms L Plckett Mr T A Chrzstxansen Mxss Agnes Sponhezm Mrs Frances G1v1den Mr Noble J Gwxden Mzss Loxs Staker Mrs Juha Foster Mr T D Foster and Mr G E McK1mpson Honor Roll Those who had an average above 90'7l for their first three and one half years of hxgh school work were Betty Gleason Dean Hughes Ardxss Hynes Dorls Jensen Mlldred Schnell Barbara Simonson and Ann Foster The boys m basketball were Vergene Tommy and Jerry and those mn baseball were Vergene Tornmy Rlchard and Jerry Betty Gleason was the Gzrls Basketball Manager m her Semor year and M11dred Schnell was manager m her Freshman year Ardzss Hynes was a cheer leader 1.n her Freshman and Sophomore years Norman Nelson was Boys Manager m hrs Freshman year Those taklng part m muslc xn their Senxor year were Shxrley Miller Vergene Rosewall Mxldred Schnell Barbara Surxonson Tommy Mason Betty W1ll1s Ann Foster Shxrley Saeuglmg Dean Hughes Ardxss Hynes Dons Jensen and Norman Nelson Thls year our class offxcers were Presxdent Barbara Sunonson Vxce Presxdent Betty Gleason Secretary Ann Foster and the Treasurer Dean Hughes Those who have gone to school together all twelve years are Peggy Larson Barbara Sunonson Shxrley Mmller Norman Nelson and Nancy Taylor 15 The girls in basketball were Mildred, Darlene and Nancy.

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SE NIOR HIST ORY As the doors of the Ruthven School swung open that sxxth day of September of 1937 mneteen boys and girls found thexr desks m the flrst grade room under the direction of Mlss Bryan They were Robert Aldrzch Loxs Ann Rauhauser Fern Shaw Peggy Larson Shxrley Mxller Kathleen Krrens Lavonne Maxden George Nolon Melvm Wlshman Betty Lou Smxth Donald Krukow Barbara Sxm onson John Cedarholm Willard Giles Henry Malden Dean Hughes Norman Nelson Betty Gleason and Nancy Taylor Our teacher m the second grade was Miss McDonald This year we wel comed to our class Weldon Damels and Arthur Clark Robert Aldrlch and Kathleen Krlens left us Our tlurd year was under Mxss Eloise Sauer and we gamed six new members Eugene Jackson Kerth Spres Lee Wells Tommy Mason Sh1r1ey Saeuglmg and Edzth Crawl We lost Lavonne Maxden Melvm Wzshman and Arthur Clark Th1s year a grade operetta entitled Sunny of Old Sunnyslde was presented Our fourth year an school was under Mass lvlarze Johnson We lost sxx stu dents Betty Gleason Fern Shaw Weldon Damels Eugene Jackson Lee Wells and Edith Crawl An all school musical was presented th1s year and some of the members of our class took part The hfth grade teacher was Mass El1zabethuTuff1n Thls year Mlldred Schnell Darlene Roland Betty Gleason and Marlon Snyder joined the group We lost Keith Sples and Kenneth Krukow Miss Dorothy Underwood was our teacher m the slxth grade We gamed two students Edward Conway and Mary Jean Jackson Dean Hughes moved to Lake Center ln March of thls year Our seventh grade was under Mrs Hazel Logan We lost Betty Lou Smlth Edward Conway and Mary Jean Jackson Dean Hughes returned to Ruthven m March of this year and rejomed our class Mrs Hazel Logan was our ezghth grade teacher Because the hxgh school buzldmg had been destroyed by fare on July 5 1944 we went to school m the Meth grade Betty Gleason and Barbara Sunonson txed for salutatorlan The nmth grade students were Rxchard Clasmg John Eckley Wrllard G1les Raymond Goddard Dean Hughes Elwyn Mason Tom Mason Norman Nelson George Nolon Vergene Rosewall Wayne Hansen Donald Chrxstxan Kathleen Cole man Joan Garrelts Ardxss Hynes Peggy Larson Flora Jean Peglow Shzrley Mzller Lozs Ann Rauhauser Darlene Roland Shxrley Saeuglmg Mrldred Schnell Barbara Slmonson Betty Wxlhs and Nancy Taylor Our teachers were Mr Leslie J Cronwall Mxss Irma Davldson Mrs lvhldred Largey Nlrs Nora Trlpp Mr Donald Evans andMr Erlmg Hansen Merrxll Anderson entered the Sophomore Class and we also welcomed Betty Gleason back to our class We lost Wlllard Gxles Flora Jean Peglow Joan Garrelts Wayne Hansen and Donald Chnstlan Thxs year our teachers were Mr Leshe J Cronwall Mxss Irma Davzdson Mr Sherwood Rowlands Mrs Nora Trzpp Mrs Mildred Largey Mr BertKruse and Mr Donald Hahn Then came one of the two best years of hugh school the Jumor year Thzs was the year of many events F1rst of all the Jumor Class Play The Tangled Yarn was presented October 16 1947 The cast consxsted of Shxrley Saeuglxng Kathleen Coleman Mildred Schnell Tommy Mason Barbara Sunonson Betty Willis Ardxss Hynes and Vergene Rosewall It was under the dxrectxon of Mrs Evah Skaar Next was the Jumor Semor Banquet held April 15 at the Tangney Hotel at Spencer Dor1s Jensen joxned our class Loxs Ann Rauhauser and Kath leen Coleman left us Our teachers were Mr C S Mayhew Mr Donald K 14 . . H , I H . odist Church. We lost Henry Maiden. Dean Hughes was valedictorian of the eighth gy , . .' .

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C LASS W ILL We the Semor Class of 1949 Czty of Ruthven County of Palo Alto State of Iowa conststmg of twenty two members bemg of xnsane mmd and unsound body hereby as our last wxll and testament ln the presence of the faculty and student body w1ll the followmg Merrxll Anderson wxlls hrs gzft of gab to Earl Brock Th1s also mcludes hxs popularxty Pj wxth the Semor girls Poor Earl Rxchard Claslng very reluctantly wxlls h1s cornfortable chaxr xn the back of the assembly to Pat McDonald Don t snore too loudly Pat John Eckley bequeaths h1s grades mn bookkeepmg to anyone that cares to get them by the same method he dzd What grades J ohn'? Ann Foster wxlls her blonde hatr to Tom Grady Now Tom you ll have an excuse for the blonde halrs on your coat Elxzabeth Gleason bequeaths the scar on her rxght eyebrow to anyone that can tell the story as well as she can She also wxlls her gxrls basketball manager s job to one of the .Tumor gxrls Raymond Goddard wzlls h1s bland znchfference to Audrey Clasmg Take heed Audrey Dean Hughes w1lls hxs extensive vocabulary to Ruby Calentxne ln the hope that now she can thxnk of the rzght word at the rxght tune In case th1s xsn t enough Ruby you can borrow h1s dlctlonary any tune Ardxss Hynes wxlls her ability to get a man a.nd keep hun to Glorxa Good You have to set your mmd to zt hrst Gloria Dons Jensen wzlls her well kept notebooks to anyone who w1ll m return provxde her wxth a few pots and pans for housekeeplng or even wlth a set of dishes Peggy Larson walls her mght lxfe to Joan Saeuglmg Everyone knows that Joame needs rt Elwyn Mason wxlls h1s ab1l1ty as a good drxver to Dean Chrxstzansen Thzs mzght also mclude a few mstructxons Tom Mason walls his ab1l1ty to argue wmth the teachers to Andy Hermanson who already has a pretty good start Shzrley Maller wxlls her mterest xn one of the alumm boys to Ellowene Thompson Thxs also mcludes all hot argurnents Norman Nelson leaves lus rnanly physxque to Dewame Thornburg A happy medmum IS des1red Ln tlus case Jerry Pxckett w1lls h1s love for the g1rls to Bob Murphy Th1s 15 guaranteed to make Bob a great lover boy Darlene Roland w11ls her ab1l1ty to get a diamond ln her Semor year to Doris Sxmonson We ve heard rumors already Dorxs Vergene Rosewall bequeaths hxs pos1t1on as pxtcher on the baseball team to Pete Grange Good luck Pete Shzrley Saeuglzng sadly wxlls her men and good tunes to Betty Wilson Have fun Betty Mxldred Schnell walls her posxtzon as post guard to Barbara Mason Thus also m cludes her ability to pmch the members of the opposing team Barbara Sxmonson w111s her w1t and good humor to Nancy Sunonson Not that she 'hasn t already lnherxted some of it Nancy Taylor wxlls her sweet quzet ways to Mary Ellen Voss Miracles never cease Vossie Betty W1ll1s wills her xnnocent brown eyes to Vernon Pxckett That would be a fan' exchange for Pete s mnocent blue eyes Written by Dons Jensen Sxgned by the Class of 49 I6 . . 1 o 1 n . . . . . n ' 0 n . . p 1 . . . . . . . ,, . H . . . . nl . . . . , . . . . . . . . . Ml...-1, . ' . , . . . . MM. . . , . . - 0 - 1 o . . Ti'-'ii . . , , . . . . . . ' I a a .M-1.1 . . . . . . , n ' 9 . . . . , . . . .. . . lit -'. . . . , . . . . . . ' 9 9 11711 . . . , . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 11. 11' . . . . .. . 9 . . . . . . . -MMM . . . . - . ii'-. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' '. ' o - . , . . .. . .M-...M n . , . . . . . . - 9 . . .. . . ii'-il. . . . . . . . ....M.-M..-M , . . . . . , . , . . . . . . . M- .-1 . I . . - v